Last night after dinner every member of our family plus our chocolate lab grabbed a rake and went outside. The leaves are almost all down in the front yard and they are beginning to pile high. As we were raking I asked my youngest daughter about how her mentoring session went that afternoon with her new mentor. So as we were raking and talking she told me that they discussed school issues, stuff with friends and what a mentoring relationship "looks like". I asked her what she understands her mentoring relationship will be like and she told me: "Mentoring is a relationship where a someone older and wiser helps me grow in my relatioship with Christ."
Yes! This is the stuff of life and how we build our kids to know and love God! It is both intentional AND part of our lifestyle! As a parent, I am thinking intentionally about building up my child into the image of Christ, talking with her about her relatioship with her mentor, encourage her. This is simple. It's not hard stuff and not an add-on program. It's within everyday life chores and activities that we disciple our kids.
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